Lay Leader Speaks At Brainerd United Methodist

Friday, January 25, 2013

Lay Leader David Akers will speak at the 9 a.m. worship service on Sunday, at Brainerd United Methodist Church, 4315 Brainerd Road, on "Many Parts, One Body," with text from I Cornithians 12:12-31. Dr. Dennis Flaugher will speak at the 11 a.m. service on "The Homecoming," with text from Luke 4:16-30.

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church will host a Christmas concert on Sunday, at 5 p.m. The concert will feature special guest, Inspirational Praise Mass Choir. The church is at 901 G.W. Davis Drive. (click for more)

The Metro Tab Church Music Ministry will present Sounds of the Season, f eaturing Far Flung Tin Can, on Sunday, at 6 p.m. The church is at 2101 West Shepherd Road, Chattanooga, (Highway 153 at Airport exit 1), 423-894-3377 Admission is free. (click for more)

Chattanooga Police said a man barged into a woman's home in the MLK Neighborhood around noon on Tuesday and tried to rape the woman. Thomas Lee Carr, 28, was taken into custody on Wednesday morning. Carr is charged with one count of attempted rape. Police said, "The victim was followed by the suspect into her residence where the victim was then ... (click for more)

A Moccasin Bend resident is asking the city to move a police firing range from off the historic Bend so he can open a bed and breakfast inn. Steve Holmes also said the move needs to take place because the new Moccasin Bend National Park is set to begin implementing its management plan early next year. He said the park should bring 250,000 visitors to Chattanooga each year with ... (click for more)

Permit me to publicly express appreciation to Vince Dean. His calm, comprehensive and diplomatic arguments to the Chattanooga City Council against the administration’s ill-advised plan to segregate retirees and herd them unwillingly into a separate insurance plan unquestionably saved the day. The proposed new plan, if implemented, was certain to cause months of chaos and confusion ... (click for more)

As I stepped away from the overflow crowd at Monday night’s Town Council meeting on Signal Mountain, I leaned in to tell Jean Trohanis how sorry I was to hear of the loss of her dearest friend. But in that millisecond before I could speak, the former but still-loved elementary school principal gave me her best hallway hiss and, with a pointed finger, she ordered, “You ... (click for more)